Improvement in the construction of handles toe metal tea and coffee-pots



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Be it known that I, WILLIAM BELLAMY, of'Newark, in the county of Essex,and State of New Jersey, have `inventedpa new and useful Improvement in Handles for Metal Tea and Coffee-Pots; and that the following description, taken iii-connection with the accompanying drawing, hereinafter referred to, forms av full and exact specification of the, same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvement, by which I ny invention may he distinguished from all others of a isimilaaclass, togethenn'ith such partsas I claim, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

The object of this invention is to render a handle for a metal coee or tea-pot a poor conductor of heat, so that itiwill not become sui'iciently heated by the con'tents of the pot to make it unpleasant to grasp with the hand.A Various plans have been devised to etect this object, the most coninionof which is to insulate, by means of bone, pearl, or other non-conducting substances, the main vportion of the handle which is grasped by the hand, from the end portions which are connected to thepot, but at best only a` partial insulation is effected in' this way, asthe bolts which connect the twov parts of the handle togetherservc'as a means for communicating considerable heat to the main portion which is grasped -by the hand. v

My invention consists vin havingr the handle hollow or tubular, and filling it with plaster of Paris, whi'chwill keep the handle in a cool state. This substance is a very poor conductor of heat, and contains a great-deal of 'moisture, which is evolved when it is subjected to heat, the thin metal handle being consequently kept cool thereby.

away in order to show the filling.

The accompanying drawing represents aside view of my invention, a portionb of the handle beinr broken The handle A is hollow or tubular, and constructed of any suitable metal, and B is the plaster of Paris' filling. This filling keeps the handle cool, or will not allow it to heat sufliciently from the contentsof the pot to renderit unpleasant to handle.v

This inventionhas been practically tested, and found to `answer an admirable purpose, and will not augment'the cost o f the manufacture of tea and coffee-pots.

Having thus described my invention, Ivclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent A .tubular metal handle filled with plaster of Paris formetal tea and coffee-pots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' WILLIAM BELLAMY.

4 Witnesses: v

P. HIGGINS, V[JOSEPH DUTTN. 

